[Therapeutic physical exercise before and after an operation on the kidney in nephrolithiasis patients]. / Lechebnaia fizicheskaia kul'tura do i posle operatsii na pochke u bol'nykh nefrolitiazom.

As shown by cardiorespiratory investigations, nephrolithiasis patients have defects in external respiration and central hemodynamics. These can be corrected by specially developed preoperative exercises which are also able to prevent postoperative complications. The above preoperative exercises are promoted as a part of preoperative preparation and postoperative management of nephrolithiasis patients.

[A comparative analysis of the effect of low-intensity physical training on a bicycle ergometer, graded walking and drug therapy on the cardiovascular system of patients with stage-II hypertension]. / Sravnitel'nyi analiz vliianiia fizicheskikh trenirovok nizkoi intensivnosti na veloérgometre, dozirovannoi khod'by i medikamentoznoi terapii na serdechno-sosudistuiu sistemu bol'nykh gipertonicheskoi bolezn'iu II stadii.

In contrast to standard bicycle exercise with moderate or submaximal effort, low-effort exercises were employed by the author who studied their effect on cardiovascular system of stage II hypertension patients. They were males (n-126) aged 47.2 +/- 3.6 with the disease history of 8.4 +/- 1-9 years. Associated coronary heart disease was diagnosed in 82% of the patients. The test subjects were divided randomly into three groups: group 1 patients received drugs only, group 2 received drugs and exercised walking, group 3 received drugs and exercised on bicycle ergometer in the nonstrenuous regimen. It was found that exercise tolerance of the patients was different and depended on the hemodynamic type. Hypokinetic circulation patients showed the lowest exercise tolerance. Low-effort bicycle exercise in addition to drugs is indicated for hyper- and eukinetic circulation patients. Walking is inferior to the bicycle exercise and can be recommended as a variety of nonpharmacological treatment of hypertension stage II. The combined effect of walking and chemotherapy produced the rise in cardiac capacity in the absence of the adequate increment in coronary blood flow, whereas bicycle exercise seems to enhance cardiac coronary circulation in hypertensive subjects.

[The effect of medical gymnastics on the external respiratory function of patients with infectious-allergic bronchial asthma under ambulatory treatment]. / Vliianie lechebnoi gimnastiki na funktsiiu vneshnego dykhaniia u bol'nykh infektsionno-allergicheskoi bronkhial'noi astmoi pri ambulatornom lechenii.

A new treatment of bacterial asthma involving therapeutic exercise, massage and using a special respiration regulator improving bronchial permeability is proposed. The treatment was conducted in 118 patients aged 22-68 with 1-17-year history of asthma. The set of exercises proposed, especially in application of the regulator, improves external respiration, bronchial permeability, helps to reduce hyperventilation and arterial hypoxemia.

[Thyroid state and thyrotropic function of the pituitary gland in sportsmen during veloergometric exercise]. / Sostoianie shchitovidnoi zhelezy i tireotropnoi funktsii gipofiza u sortsmenov pri veloérgometricheskoi nagruzke.

The total and aerobic productivity, the content of the thyroid hormones, thyrotropin, lactate, and acid-base balance in the blood of 52 highly skilled sportsmen were studied in the process of veloergometric exercises of different intensity. It was shown that thyroxin and thyrotropin content increased and triiodothyronine concentration decreased in the blood plasma under the action of veloergometric exercises. A rise in cell metabolism and changes in the internal medium of the organism influence the alteration of the blood thyroid hormone and thyrotropin levels. Thyroid and hypophyseal thyrotropic functions depend to a certain degree on the exercise intensity and functional preparedness of the sportsmen.